Friend Releases Manson’s Cell Phone Rant From Prison

This photo of inmate Charles Manson was taken Wednesday March 18, 2009 at Corcoran State Prison, Calif. The photo of the 74-year-old Manson was taken Wednesday as part of a routine update of files on inmates at Corcoran State Prison, where he is serving a life sentence for conspiring to murder seven people, said Seth Unger, spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (AP Photo/California State Prison, Corcoran)(Credit: AP)

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Cell phones are being smuggled into prisons across California, and convicted killer Charles Manson even found a way to obtain one.

Guards say they found a cell phone under Manson’s mattress at Corcoran State Prison.

Last year, a friend recorded one of Manson’s bizarre calls.

Records show that he made calls and send text messages to people in California, New Jersey, Florida and British Columbia.

Prison authorities say it’s unclear if he tried to get anyone to commit a crime.

The prison system will block all calls from unauthorized phones in 2011. While cell phones are considered contraband behind bars, it’s not illegal for inmates to have them.

In September, Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have imposed a $5,000 fine on anyone caught giving a phone to an inmate.

mr jerry brown who people just voted in as gov was gov way back when the death penalty was repealed thats why manson is still alive now hes gov againg and the death penalty will be thrown out again nice job voters

He was convicted of the murders through the joint-responsibility rule, which makes each member of a conspiracy guilty of crimes his fellow conspirators commit in furtherance of the conspiracy’s object. Not a convicted killer! He never killed anyone. He had people do it for him.